The beginning of activities of the Center was announced in the fall of 1994.

In 1994-95 the Center focused on the support of scientific conferences and schools,
as well on providing fellowships for young researchers, permanently living and
working in Russia, and specializing in theoretical physics. The activities have
been advertised in the newspaper of the Russian Academy of Sciences
"Poisk" No. 43(285) October 29-November 4, 1994
and No. 45(287) November 12-18, 1994.
The Center has considered 26 applications for financial support of conferences
and schools on fundamental physics to be held in Russia with a representative
participation of physicists belonging to various scientific schools. Partial
financial support within the range of 3000-5000 USD has been provided by the
Center for twelve scientific conferences and schools.
These funds were granted primarily to cover the travel and living expenses of
Russian participants.

In the initial stage the Scientific Council has decided
to limit the research program to the support of postgraduate students and postdocs
in the area of theoretical physics. The Center has nevertheless received a total
of 700 individual applications from postgraduate students aged under 30 and from
postdocs who are under 33 and who received their degree after 1988.

The Center awarded 102 fellowships to the applicants
from Moscow, St.Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Ekaterinburg,
Perm, Ryazan, Voronezh, Saratov, Rostov-on-Don, Cheboksary and Yaroslavl.
The financial support has been provided in the form of grants (about 70 USD
per month for postgraduate students and 100 USD in a month for postdocs).

XXIII ITEP International Winter School of PhysicsZvenigorod, February 21-March 1, 1995;
Institute-Organizer:
Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow;
Chairman of the Organizing Committee:
Prof. M.V.Danilov

International School "Particles and Cosmology"Baksan Valley, Kabardino--Balkaria, Russia,
April 19-27, 1995;
Institute-Organizer:
Institute for Nuclear Research of Russian Academy of
Sciences, Moscow;
Chairman of the Organizing Committee:
Prof. V.A.Matveev

X Feofilov Symposium on Spectroscopy of Crystals Doped with
Rare--Earth and Transition--Metal IonsSt.Petersburg, July 2-8, 1995
Institute-Organizer:
St.Petersburg State Technical University
Chairman of the Organizing Committee:
Prof. A.I.Ryskin

International Conference "The Current State and Future of High
Pressure Physics"Troitsk, Moscow Region, September 7-9, 1995
Institute-Organizer:
Institute for High Pressure Physics of Russian Academy
of Sciences, Troitsk, Moscow Region
Chairman of the Organizing Committee:
Prof. S.M.Stishov

X International Workshop on High Energy Physics and Quantum
Field TheoryZvenigorod, Moscow Region, September 15-22,1995
Institute-Organizer:
Institute of Nuclear Physics of Moscow State University
Chairman of the Organizing Committee:
Prof. V.I.Savrin